Euaesthetinae

Euaesthetinae
Euaesthetus sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Staphylinidae
Subfamily: Euaesthetinae
Thomson, 1859
Tribes

The Euaesthetinae are a subfamily of the Staphylinidae (Coleoptera) containing six tribes.[1]

These rove beetles have slender antennae with two or three apical antennomeres forming a loose club. The tarsi have 4-4-4 or 5-5-5 (5-5-4 in some exotic genera) segments. They are found in forest litter. Five genera and 22 species known from North America.

  1. ^ "Euaesthetinae". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.